Apicujiure in China Chief Editor Chen Yaochun. Agricultural Publishing House, Beijing, China (1993) 180 pages. Hardback. In English 17.00
This marvellous guide to apiculture in China was prepared especially for the Apimondia Congress. It starts with the history of beekeeping in China, from the first steps towards managing bees in log hives during the years 25-220 AD. Perhaps Jiang Qi, who lived between 215 and 282 AD was the first beekeeping extentionist: he taught beekeeping skills to over 300 people This is
comprehensive publication seemingly covering all aspects of Chinese apiculture. Much useful data is given for example the Chinese standards for beeswax and honey, information on honey plants, hive types, practices in different regions of the country, training courses, and on the wealth of Chinese beekeeping literature. This book provides a fascinating glimpse into a great beekeeping culture which has until! so recently been quite unknown by outsiders. a
The clearly-written text is accompanied by many interesting colour illustrations.
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Beenet Asia, Universiti Pertanian Malaysia, Serdang,
Malaysia (1993) 149 pages. Paperback. Available from Beenet Asia, Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Pertanian Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Malaysia.
The Proceedings of meeting which took place at Universiti Pertanian Malaysia in August 1992 a
(reported in Beekeeping & Development 25). It contains up-to-date reports on the status of bee research in China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Also included are the texts of five proposals for research within the region, and the resolutions
Heilongjiang Province, China (1993) 553 pages of text. Hardback. In Chinese.
These Proceedings have been published very quickly and have not been stringently edited.
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English -Hindi-Chinese Dictionary of Beekeeping Terms
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There is an index in English and a list of LatinChinese biological terms. There are 131 colour and 347 black and white illustrations.
Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences,
An important reference work: 543 species of nectar and pollen plants are described. Most are accompanied by a botanical drawing and in addition there are 114 excellent colour photographs: many of these manage to show a bee foraging on the flower of the species. The text is in Chinese but the Latin names of plant families and species are given, making this book of great value and interest to bee botanists. There is an English alphabetical index together with common names, and listing by family. Finally there are 506 electron micrographs of pollen grains. A classic work by Professor Xu Wanlin.
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above. However it is included here as it is obviously a major guide to Chinese beekeeping and bee science.
Agricultural Publishing House, Beijing, China (1993) 398 pages. Hardback. In Chinese.
published by International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu, Nepal, (1993)
193 pages.
Paperback.
5.50
Professor Verma was awarded a special Gold Medal for his work to produce this Dictionary in time for the Apimondia Congress. It is a valuable addition to this series of dictionaries published by various organisations since the series was started by the Bee Research
Association in 1951.
The Asian hive bee Apis cerana as a pollinator in vegetable seed production by
LR Verma and U Partap.
ICIMOD, Kathmandu, Nepal (1993) 52 pages.
52.00
Paperback.
The information contained in this encyclopaedia is less accessible to nonChinese readers than the plant book described
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This publication is subtitled “An Awareness Handbook” and indeed it is a true handbook,
